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Beth Dagon or Dagan (בית-דגון or בית-דגן) is the name of two biblical cities in Israel. [1] A city (Joshua 15:41) in the territory of the tribe of Judah "in the plains", that is, the territory below Jaffa between the Judean hills and the Mediterranean. Its site is uncertain, though it may be adjacent to Latrun. [2]
"Thus we have three epochs in the history of Beth-Dagon — the first on an as yet unknown site, from the Amorite to the Roman periods; the second at Dajiin, extending over the Roman and early Arab periods; the third at the modern Beit Dejan, lasting to the present day. It is probable that the present population could, had they the necessary ...
Beth-Dagon [of Judah] Joshua 15:41 1 Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah) ביתדגון bytdgwn Beth-Dagon [of Asher] Joshua 19:27 1 Asher (between Carmel and the valley of Jipthah-El, close to Zebulun's territory) בית הישמות byt (h)yšmwt Beth-Jeshimoth, Beth-Ha-Jeshimoth Joshua 12:3; 13:20 4
War memorial near Beit Dagan. During the Ottoman period, the area of Beit Dagan was part of to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod, which encompassed the area of present-day Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west.
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Dagon (Hebrew: דָּגוֹן, Dāgōn) or Dagan (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁕𒃶, romanized: d da-gan; [1] Phoenician: 𐤃𐤂𐤍, romanized: Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and Emar as well.
Jebel Quruntul: Originally a Semitic name (possibly Dagon) preserved in the Hellenistic fortress name Dok, renamed Quarantana & related names in Latin to reflect the belief that St Helena had identified a cave there as the place Jesus fasted for 40 days, preserved as Arabic Quruntul and Hebrew Qarantal.